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“The public, you know, thinks that a man on a newspaper is valued because he knows what to write, but the truth is, he holds his job because he ordinarily knows what not to write.” - Isaac Erwin Avery, city editor, Charlotte Observer (19001904) Simple recording of history as it happens, with a minimum of hyperbolic or vitriolic opinion and spin control, occurs less and less these days. What a renegade figure skater ate for breakfast has become front page news, relegating the reporting of the public record to the inside pages of the newspaper and the latter half of the network news broadcast. We seem to have become absorbed and fascinated by tragedy, intrigue and soap opera behavior, as though another misfortune might somehow elevate us from the oft-times humdrum rhythms of our individual lives.
Editor’s note: This column was written by former N-G columnist and sports editor Doug Chase in March 1994 upon the retirement of M.W. Paxton Jr. as editor and publisher of The News-Gazette. With Mr. Paxton’s passing this past weekend, we thought it appropriate to republish the column this week.
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